xsane command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

xsane: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xsane: command not found

Solutions to xsane: command not found

How To Fix xsane: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xsane is provided by xsane package.

xsane is:

xsane can be run as a stand-alone program or through the GIMP image manipulation program. In stand-alone mode, xsane can save an image to a file in a variety of image formats, serve as a frontend to a fax program, or send an image to a printer.

SANE stands for “Scanner Access Now Easy” and is an application programming interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed scanner, hand-held scanner, video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers, etc.). The SANE standard is free and its discussion and development are open to everybody. The current source code is written to support several operating systems, including GNU/Linux, OS/2, Win32 and various Unices and is available under the GNU General Public License (commercial applications and backends are welcome, too, however).

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install xsane

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install xsane.

sudo apt -y install xsane

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install xsane

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xsane command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.